Farmer&#39;s and harvester&#39;s combination-whip.



L. G. LAMBERT.

FARMERS AND HARVESTERS GOMBINATION WHIP;

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1909.

Patented Sept. 21,1909.

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T 0 all whom it may concern:

LEWIS C. LAMBERT, OF SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA.

FARMERS AND HARVESTERS COMBINATIONW HIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

Application filed January 18, 1909. Serial No. 472,959.

Be it known that I, LEWIS C. LAMBERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Somerset, in the county of Somerset and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFarmers and Harvesters Combination-\Vhips, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is an improved construction of deviceintended for use by harvesters to serve as a combination whip fordriving the horses, and also for picking, pulling or pushing out of theway of the operator of the mowing machine, the hay rack or reaper, anylimbs, sheaves, weeds or the like that may happen to be in the path,without the necessity of the operator getting off the machine andthereby saving consideraliile time and labor as well as the danger towhich the operator exposed when stepping in frcnt of the cutter bar.

lVith these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,arrangements and combinations of the parts which I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved device; Fig. 2 is an enlargedvertical sectional view of the upper or lash end of the whip; Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional View on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is avertical transverse section of the lash end of the whip; and, Fig. 5 isan enlarged elevation of the handle end thereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and inclicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, the body portion 1 is formed of a single piece ofsheet metal such as steel or other material, crimped intermediate of itsends to form a pair of two-ply clip members 2 which together form asocket to receive the tip or lash 3 of the whip, the said tip being ofany desired material, construction or design, and being secured to thebody portion by rivets or similar fastening devices.

The spaced side members 4: of the body portion receive between. theirends the handle portion 5 which may be formed of wood, or any otherdesired material riveted or otherwise secured to the body portion asI'llOWD. The handle portion 5 extends some distance up into the bodyportion 1, and is preferably formed with a longitudinal groove betweenwhich and the adjoining face of one of the side members -il and the bodyportion, an actuating rod 7 works. This rod may be formed of wire, orany other material may be used, and it is preferably forked at its upperend as indicated at 8, the extremities being connected to the pickerarms 9. In their retracted position, the picker arms 9 lie within themargins of the side members -ft of the body portion 1, the inner end ofthe handle portion 5 being preferably tapered, as indicated at 12, toform with said body portion, recesses for the accommodation of thepickerarms. A latch 13 is pivotally mounted upon the handle 5 and isconnected at one end to the actuating rod 7, the said latch being keptopen by a compression spring 14, and being provided with a fingerpiece15 which is designed for engagement with a detent 16, so that thepickers 9 may be held rigidly in a spread-out condition or folded to liewithin the margins of the handle with the latch in different positionsin an evident manner. Preferably the tip 8 is formed at its outer endwith an opening 3 in which a raw-hide or the like may be tied. A plate17, preferably of aluminium, is secured to the handle portion 5 byscrews or similar fastening devices, so as to cover the major portion ofthe actuating rod. Below this plate, the said rod may be guided by anydesired number of eyes or staples 18.

In the practical use of my improved farmers and harvesters combinationwhip, the picker arms 9 are swung into retracted position when thedevice is used for its primary function of a goad or lash. Whenever itis necessary to pick out of the road any weeds, limbs of trees, or thelike that may happen to be in the path, it is only necessary for thedriver to swing the latch 13 in a direction to move the picker arms 9outwardly, whereupon either one of said arms may be used in an obviousmanner to drag or throw the obstructions out of the way without thenecessity of the driver descending from his seat.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Awhip, comprising a body portion formed with spaced side members, pickerarms pivotally connected thereto, a handle portion connected to the bodyportion, and an actuating rod operatively connected to said picker armsand movably connected to the body portion.

2. A whip comprising a body portion formed with spaced side members,picker arms pivotally mounted in said. body portion to swing laterallytherefrom, a handle connected to one end of said body portion, a lashconnected to the opposite end of said body portion, and an actuating rodconnected at one end to said picker arms, the other end of saidactuating rod extending outwardly from the body portion and extendingalong the handle.

3. A whip comprising a body portion, picker arms pivotally connected tosaid body portion, a handle connected to one end of the body portion, alash connected to the opposite end of the body portion, and an actuatingrod connected to said arms, the body portion being formed with siderecesses designed to receive the picker arms in the closed positionthereof.

4. A whip, comprising a body portion formed with spaced side members,picker arms pivotally mounted between said side members near one endthereof, a lash connected to the body portion at such end beyond thepicker arms, a handle secured be tween the side members'near theopposite ends thereof and formed with a tapered upper extremity formingwith said side members side recesses and an actuating rod connectingsaid arms.

5. A whip, comprising a body portion, picker arms pivotally connected tothe body portion, a handle portion mounted in the body portion andformed in one face with a longitudinal groove, an actuating rodconnected to the picker arms and mounted to move in said groove, and alash connected to one end of the body portion.

6. A whip, comprising a body portion constructed of a single stripdoubled upon itself intermediate of its ends to form clip members, alash connected between said clip members, and a handle connected to thebody portion.

7. A whip, comprising a body portion, a handle connected thereto,pickers pivotally mounted in the body portion, an actuating rodoperatively connected to said pickers, a finger latch pivotally mountedon the handle and connected to the actuating rod, the latch beingspring-pressed in one direction, and a detent secured to the handle andarranged for engagement with the latch.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVIS C. LAMBERT. [1 s] Witnesses WM. GILBERT, W. T. HOFFMAN.

